Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon say they hope to return home someday, and tell CNN's Ben Wedeman that despite whatever Arab leaders say, they are largely indifferent to the symbolism of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

Costs and benefits of Palestinian rejectionismWhile there are people who accept the Palestinian mantra of oppression, there are many who are indifferent, view this as someone ... There's been an increase in Palestinian violence since Trump's announcement about Jerusalem. However, it was an Arab ...02/11/2018 - 5:02 pm | View Link

Palestinian refugees indifferent to Trump's planPalestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon say they hope to return home someday, and tell CNN's Ben Wedeman that despite whatever Arab leaders say, they are largely indifferent to the symbolism of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's ...12/6/2017 - 8:10 pm | View Link

How Have 50 Years of Israeli Occupation of Palestinian Land Changed Israel?They took the majority as hostages. You have on one hand totally indifferent apathy and on the other hand very devoted, powerful blackmailing group. This is the outcome. Shir Hever: Well, I think, maybe we disagree a little bit on the issue of whether ...06/8/2017 - 1:00 pm | View Link

Plight of Palestinian refugees now spans 5 generationsMany stayed in the camps because of poverty. The camps have been hotbeds of unrest against Israel and resentment against a Palestinian ruling elite perceived as indifferent to the struggles of the refugees. Over decades, life in the Jerash camp has changed ...02/7/2017 - 11:00 am | View Link

An urgent open letter to Sisi, you can save Palestinian lives!At the crossing, a very large number of security teams should quickly check refugees and their luggage (one suitcase ... setting up this camp will demonstrate that while both Israel and Hamas are indifferent to the fate of the non-combatant Palestinian ...07/21/2014 - 1:00 pm | View Link

The PerspectiveState of Security in Liberia: Who Guard the Guardians By Sylvester Moses On n Sunday February 25th 2018, I called the publisher of Perspective Journal and informed ...03/15/2018 - 8:52 pm | View Website

Abbas tears off the mask | MelaniePhillips.comFor years, America, Britain and the EU have insisted that Mahmoud Abbas is a moderate and a statesman-in-waiting who deserves to be rewarded with a state of Palestine.03/14/2018 - 5:32 pm | View Website

Richard Landes“Everyone Agrees”: Second Draft on the MSNM’s Contribution to the Arab-Israeli Conflict. I have, over the past year, slowly put together a video using my ...03/14/2018 - 6:34 am | View Website

Robert Frost’s poem “The Road Not Taken” is often interpreted as an anthem of individualism and nonconformity, seemingly encouraging readers to take the road less traveled. This interpretation has long been propagated through countless song lyrics, newspaper columns, and graduation speeches. But as Frost liked to warn his listeners, “You have to be careful of that one; it’s a tricky poem—very tricky.” In actuality, the two roads diverging in a yellow wood are “really about the same,” according to Frost, and are equally traveled and quite interchangeable.
In fact, the critic David Orr deemed Frost’s work “the most misread poem in America,” writing in The Paris Review: “This is the kind of claim we make when we want to comfort or blame ourselves by assuming that our current position is the product of our own choices… The poem isn’t a salute to can-do individualism.

A key Senate Democrat is voicing concerns about Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin after President Trump abruptly ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson this week and warned about other potential Cabinet shake

As recently as 2005, the state of Virginia had eight centers like Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Facility, housing more than 1,300 delinquent youth. But by 2017, after a series of reforms, that number had shrunk to one.
“It's not that you can't do good work here,” said Andy Block, who, since 2014, has served as the juvenile-justice department’s director.

As recently as 2005, the state of Virginia had eight centers like Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Facility, housing more than 1,300 delinquent youth. But by 2017, after a series of reforms, that number had shrunk to one.
“It's not that you can't do good work here,” said Andy Block, who, since 2014, has served as the juvenile-justice department’s director.